President Trump announced Friday evening that U.S. and Nigerian military forces had killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a leader in the Islamic State group.
US and Nigerian forces killed a senior ISIS commander on Friday, President Donald Trump said, in an operation he said had “greatly diminished” the militant group’s power.
President Donald Trump says U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out a mission to kill a leader of the Islamic State group.
US and Nigerian forces killed ISIS global deputy Abu-Bilal al-Minuki in a joint operation, Trump confirmed on early Saturday.
US President Donald Trump said American and Nigerian forces had killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a senior Islamic State group leader.
Trump said the operation killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, whom he described as "second in command of ISIS globally." Nigeria's president said the strike took place at a compound in the Lake Chad basin.
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